Muti-Desktop Icons-Bob?

[Asheville Joe]

I'll try that. Thanks.

Joe

Robert Meyer wrote:

>If you right click on the taskbar, you can get to the taskbar properties. 
>There is a check box there that says "Show Windows from All Desktops". If you
>turn this off, you will only see the windows on the current screen in the
>taskbar.
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>Hope this helps...
>
>Cheers!
>
>Bob
>--- Joe <josephj at buffnet.net> wrote:
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>>Peter,
>>       I have been sticking with kde so far because I got it to work 
>>almost the way I wanted and so I haven't experimented with gnome much 
>>yet.  What you describe sounds intriguing, but I don't really get it.  
>>Can you elaborate or show some screen shots etc.?
>>       The main thing I don't like about kde is that when I open more 
>>than 4 windows, the window area of the task bar piles up and I can't see 
>>what's there without clicking on things.  I was hoping that switching to 
>>another desktop would have an effect on this, but it didn't.  Does what 
>>you're talking about have anything to do with this?
>>       Under Windows, I built a bunch of desktops for special purposes 
>>just like Josh is talking about.  It was really cool and kept them from 
>>getting impossibly cluttered with unrelated applications.  It would be 
>>great to be able to do that in Linux.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>IMHO,
>>>  I think this is all just a matter of how we look at things, that is 
>>>to say that after I have been working with Gnome for a while, a few 
>>>things have become clear as to how intuitive this desktop is. For 
>>>instance,
>>>1. The multiple desktop window, or workspace switcher. I often 
>>>wondered why Gnome did not include a show desktop button. If you use 
>>>the workspace switcher for this, it works even better. As simple as 
>>>that is and being so ingrained with the way windows worked, this never 
>>>occurred to me to use it this way. I know with the Gnome that comes 
>>>with RH9, they include a show desktop button but I think that was to 
>>>appeal people that don't think this way. It still doesn't work as one 
>>>would expect, yes it will minimize all open windows but when you open 
>>>one again, they all open. I find this a strange way to behave but I 
>>>think it falls in line with the way you should think of using the 
>>>workspace switcher.
>>>2. Bob has a good idea, a workspace for a given task, email, graphics 
>>>stuff, etc. And Josh has a good idea with different icons on different 
>>>workspaces. This is all thought of as being limited because the 
>>>different workspaces cannot show respective icons, however, if we do 
>>>not think of using the desktop icons as our only shortcuts, then we 
>>>can bypass this limitation. The drawer icon that can be added to 
>>>Gnome's panel, could be used in such a way, even renamed, or with 
>>>different icons, etc. This way you could add many drawers with 
>>>different names/icons for use with the different workspaces, even 
>>>naming your workspaces and drawers the same to keep things simple.
>>>
>>>Just some thoughts.
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 08:17, Robert Meyer wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>/Nope, no way to do that, either.  I suspect that it has to do with being
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>>able
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>>>>to change the number of desktops.  You could wind up losing applications if
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>>you
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>>>>could do that.  I agree that it would be a good idea though.  You could
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>>have
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>>>>your graphics desktop, your Email desktop, etc.
>>>>
>>>>I don't think that Gnome will do that, either.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>>--- "Joshua R. Altemoos" <joshua at navyjosh.us> wrote:
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>>>>>Well Not That i mean like on desktop1 i have my app icosn desl2 urls etc
>>>>>
>>>>>On Friday 29 August 2003 12:30 am, Robert Meyer wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>As far as I can tell, the only thing that you can change between
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>>desktops
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>>>>>>is the background since the icons are part of the theme itself.  I
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>>think
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>>>>>>that this is for a very good reason.  Imagine a new user that is on a
>>>>>>system where the icons keep changing everytime they click on that funny
>>>>>>looking thing in the task bar :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Cheers!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--- "Joshua R. Altemoos" <joshua at navyjosh.us> wrote:
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>>>>>>>Hey,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In kde on mandrake 9.1 is there a way to make it so each desktop has
>>>>>>>differnt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>icons? If so how?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks Much
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Joshua R. Altemoos
>>>>>>>joshua at navyjosh.us
>>>>>>>              
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>>>>>-- 
>>>>>Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Joshua R. Altemoos
>>>>>joshua at navyjosh.us
>>>>>          
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>>>-- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com 
>>><mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
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